 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I'm looking to do some DIY heat moulding of the liners for my new boots. There are guides that says that the oven temperature should be 100C but my gas oven has no thermometer or C settings. The conversion charts says that the gas mark should be 1/4. However this is not completely accurate. My question for anyone who has done this is, how important is it to get to exactly 100C? p.s. I'm not going the microwave rice route because it seems like a waste of rice.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| luanb wrote: |
| I'm not going the microwave rice route because it seems like a waste of rice. |
You could eat the rice afterwards.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| rjs wrote: |
| You could eat the rice afterwards. |
My wife has veto that idea. 
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put them in a bag & boil them in hot water (sous vide), as water boils at around 100c
once done, season with salt & pepper & enjoy with a side serving of seasonal vegetables.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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From what I've read "on the internet", by those in the know, is that ovens do not distribute heat evenly; plus, unless you have a thermometer inside the oven and visible from the outside, the temperature can vary widely and could melt your boots.
How much is a bag of rice? Like nothing really.
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@luanb, Why ? The rice will have been inside a bag.
The point of using hot rice is that it will have a fairly high heat capacity while being able to deform to the shape of the liner.
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| Poogle wrote: |
From what I've read "on the internet", by those in the know, is that ovens do not distribute heat evenly; plus, unless you have a thermometer inside the oven and visible from the outside, the temperature can vary widely and could melt your boots.
How much is a bag of rice? Like nothing really. |
Good point. I'll reconsider the rice route, my wife is icky about eating the rice after they've been heated in some socks, even if they're brand new socks.
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You can always feed the rice to the birds after.
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This has got to a troll post!
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| spyderjon wrote: |
| This has got to a troll post! |
No, serious question, I was worried about being too cold or too hot in the oven and making it a waste of time.
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I've done this a number of ways about 10 times. If you do it in the oven, my tip is to get the oven hot, slightly above your target temp and then turn it off and let it drop to your temp. That way you avoid hot spots and any scorching from radiated heat from your element (if exposed).
Ultimately I've settled on the rice / boiling water method though.
It's a more controlled process and you don't have a battle getting a jellylike liner and foot back into the boot shell. It also tends to leave the outer shape of the liner intact because you heat the liner from the inside. This makes the process a lot easier and you are much less likely to have a distorted mess / folds in the liner at the end.
The oven method allows the liner to distort more and I think works better if you have a particularly bony bit that you are trying to deal with!
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hair dryer is another option, but can burn out / overheat one
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Thanks guys. Off to Tesco for a pack of value rice.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Problem with inner in the oven method can be getting a floppy liner back into the boot before getting your foot in it.
Recommended temp for Intuition liners is 119deg C
I've used the rice method successfully before, but have now bought a cheapish thermostatically controlled hot-air gun which I set to 120deg, with a flexible hose from an old hoover to send the heat right into the toe of the boot.
10 mins with the heat and you're done... 
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